Highlight text on an existing PDF

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   Hi,

I want to highlight text on an existing document that I have extracted before. How can I do that?

I have tried it the following way:

- extract text via GetPageText using option 4 to get the texts position

- create a new layer and select it

- draw a box on this position using DrawBox 

- move this layer behind the previous one to make the text drawn on the box(?)

But then the text is still hidden from the box. What am I doing wrong?

Is there a better way to make it work? (I dont't want to use transparency as I want the full colors)

best regards,

Ulrich

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ukobsa Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 29 May 06 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote ukobsa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Highlight text on an existing PDF Posted: 10 Jul 06 at 3:30AM
	Hi, I want to highlight text on an existing document that I have extracted before. How can I do that? I have tried it the following way: - extract text via GetPageText using option 4 to get the texts position - create a new layer and select it - draw a box on this position using DrawBox - move this layer behind the previous one to make the text drawn on the box(?) But then the text is still hidden from the box. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to make it work? (I dont't want to use transparency as I want the full colors) best regards, Ulrich

swb1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote swb1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 06 at 9:11AM
	You are on the right track with NewLayer and MoveLayer. While I don't remember the details, I know that I have accomplished this quite easily using those. Edited by swb1